Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 217 (Tuesday, November 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63069-63070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30061]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

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SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct 
certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided 
pursuant to section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).

Permit No. TE 003208-0

Applicant: Frances Prevost, Ponchatoula, Lousiana

    Applicant requests authorization to purchase in interstate commerce 
masked bobwhites (Colinus virginianus

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ridgwayi) to conduct captive propagation activities.

Permit No. PRT-830213

Applicant: EcoPlan Associates, Inc., Mesa, Arizona

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern 
willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) and cactus ferruginous 
pygmy-owls (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) in Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-813088

Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to sample, identify, measure, and immediately release 
unharmed Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans), and Pecos 
gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) in various sites on the Rio Grande River, 
and on the Rio Grande River Drainage, Phantom Lake Spring Refugium near 
Balmorhea, Texas.

Permit No. TE004131-0

Applicant: Steiner C. Kierce, Castroville, Texas

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following 
endangered and threatened species in south Texas from I-10 to San 
Antonio, Texas, to Ozona, Texas, south on the Rio Grande River to the 
Gulf of Mexico:

Mammals--
    jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi)
    ocelot (Felis pardalis)
Birds--
    interior least term (Sterna antillarum)
    black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus)
    golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
Amphibian--
    Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)
Plants--
    South Texas ambrosia (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia)
    Tobusch fishhook cactus (Ancistrocactus (=Echinocactus mammillaria) 
tobuschii
    Texas ayenia (Ayenia limitaris)
    black lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii (=E. 
melanocentrus)
    Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii)
    slender rush-pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella)
    Walker's manioc (Manihot walkerae)
    Navasota ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes parksii)
    Texas snowbells (Styrax texanus)
    ashy dogweed (Thymophylla (=Dyssodia) tephroleuca)
    star cactus (Astrophytum (=Echinocactus) asterias)

Permit No. TE-004401-0

Applicant: Robert J. Schmalzel, Oracle, Arizona

    Applicant request authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to collect 5 plants of the Nichol's Turk's Head 
cactus (Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. nicholii L. Benson) from the 
Tohono O'Odham Nation with written permission.

Permit No. TE-004439-0

Applicant: Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    Applicant request authorization to obtain and hold Loggerhead sea 
turtles (Caretta caretta), green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), Kemp's 
ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii), and Hawksbill sea turtle 
(Eretmochelys imbricata), for public display and educational purposes.

Permit No. TE-004472-0

Applicant: James R. Dixon, Bryan, Texas

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to collect a blood sample, mark (by pit tag, toe 
clip, or cold brand), weigh, measure and release unharmed back into the 
wild the following endangered and threatened amphibians and reptiles: 
Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum), San Marcos salamander 
(Eurycea nana), Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge rathbuni), Houston 
toad (Bufo houstonensis), American alligator (Alligator 
mississippiensis), American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus), and the 
Concho water snake (Nerodia harteri paucimaculata).

Permit No. TE-004510-0

Applicant: William D. Boyett, Greenville, Wisconsin

    Applicant request authorization for research and recovery purposes 
to live-trap, mark, and immediately release unharmed unlimited numbers 
of Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus hualapaiensis) in the 
Hualapai Mountains in northwest Arizona.

Permit No. TE-TE004573-0

Applicant: Raven Ecological Services, Huntsville, Texas

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for aplomado 
falcon (Falco femoralis), black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus), and 
golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), bald eagle (Haliaeetus 
leucocephalus), and Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis).

Permit No. TE-004654-0

Applicant: Dennis J. Abbate, Tucson, Arizona

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for cactus 
ferruginous pygmy-owls (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) in Pima, 
Pinal, and Maricopa Counties, Arizona.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applicants must be received on 
or before December 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Legal 
Instruments Examiner, Division of Endangered Species/Permits, 
Ecological Services, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. 
Please refer to the respective permit number for each application when 
submitting comments. All comments received, including names and 
addresses, will become part of the official administrative record and 
may be made available to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, Division of 
Endangered Species/Permits, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 
87103. Please refer to the respective permit number for each 
application when requesting copies of documents. Documents and other 
information submitted with these applications are available for review, 
subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act and Freedom of 
Information Act, by any party who submits a written request for a copy 
of such documents within 30 days of the date of publication of this 
notice, to the address above.
Steven M. Chambers,
ARD-Ecological Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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